Ask an Admin: Porn and Positivity

Ask an Admin is a weekly column connecting Redditors and Upvoted readers with the people behind-the-scenes at Reddit. Got a question for Greg the Admin? Email him at askanadmin@reddit.com.

What’s your favorite porn subreddit?

— Reddit user drachnstern

Rude, so rude. How dare you attempt to single me out, knowing that this column will be seen publicly. I’ve got friends who read this, you know? If they were to find out my favorite porn communities on Reddit, chances are I’d be the laughing stock of the entire office! I am a gentleman with some dignity to uphold!

/sarcasm.

Actually, there are several porn communities that I love and frequent practically everyday! I guess I shouldn’t be afraid to share this information—I mean, really, who doesn’t love porn? We all do! And hey, tons of people come to Reddit to get their daily fix of porn, so I should share mine: t’s only right. For example, r/adporn and r/cityporn are two of my favorites. Visually, they’re both very stimulating— r/adporn for it’s fertile abundance of fresh ads, r/citypornfor its alluring and seductive skylines. There’s r/foodporn, which always leaves me foaming at the mouth for those intimate, close-up shots of sweat-sauced dripped meat. The SFWpornnetwork is filled with great subreddits, but nothing keeps me as hot and steamy quite like r/weatherporn!

So clearly, the SFWpornnetwork is great for your everyday, run-of-the-mill porn communities. However, should you begin feeling a bit naughty and on the adventurous side, I’d recommend you check out some of their niche-porn subreddits. There’s r/lavaporn—nothing like watching an erupting volcano. r/microporn—for those with a fetish for all things itty-bitty. There’s r/waterporn, because, hey, who doesn’t like a little splash every now and then? Oh, and how could I forget, there’s r/humanporn—because really, human porn is all of our favorite, even if we don’t like to admit it.

Sorry if you thought I’d disclose my favorite NSFW Porn community. As an Admin, the days of browsing NSFW communities on Reddit are behind me—bottom of my priority list, far in the rear. I’d hate to end on a bum note, but to be honest, I’m really just not that bold.

What’s your most uplifting memory as an Admin?

— Reddit user freakyemo

This year has been one to remember, as the highs and lows have come fast and often, and they’ve always been on the extreme side of the spectrum. I just did a Google search for “every day is a blessing” quotes. Unfortunately, those results returned nothing of substance. Guess I’ll have to get sappy.

Earlier this year, we announced Reddit Donate, where users were able to nominate charities for consideration, who would receive a substantial donation—10% of Reddit’s yearly ad revenue. The response was electric, and the community selected some truly amazing organizations.

I found this experience to be a complete high, as every morning I’d wake up to work, anxious to see which charities had gained ground in voting and which new charities had won the community’s interest. Redditors love to give and to be apart of this was as uplifting a moment as I may ever experience, on Reddit or otherwise. It was a beautiful thing.

There was also the time when our friends in Nepal suffered a devastating earthquake, and again, a call was put out toRedditors around the world, asking for a show of support. This was a devastating and humbling period, but I’ll be damned if Reddit doesn’t know how to come together and give an outpouring of positivity from something so heart-breaking. I suppose you could say this one is bittersweet, but it’s still amazing to witness the genuinely good-hearted Redditors that band together to help those in need.

In terms of my contributions to Reddit personally, being able to say I coordinated the most recent Reddit Gifts Teachers Exchange has been a really proud experience. There are folks out there educating our future generations who don’t receive nearly enough funding that they need, and the Reddit community was thrilled to help. We absolutely crushed our 2014 record this year by hitting 11,540 givers and 17,484 receivers. Over 4,614 users alone signed up to rematch! To sum it up succinctly: That’s nuts. In a good way.

To that end, if you’d like a bit of positivity to get you going today, check out the gift gallery on Reddit Gifts for the Teachers Exchange.

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